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Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
Of communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...Of communion with God the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, each person distinctly in love, grace, and consolation, or, The saints fellowship with the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, unfolded by John Owen ...
Oxford: printed by A. Lichfield for Tho. Robinson, 1657
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. This being wrought in us, for the Glory of the Son, we are actually interested according to the tenor of the Covenant, at the same instant of time, in the blood of Christ, as to the Benefits which he hath procured for us thereby. Yea this very work of the Spirit it self, is a fruit, and part of the purchase of Christ: but we speak of our sense of this thing, whereunto the communication of the spirit is antecedent. And
2. This being wrought in us, for the Glory of the Sonne, we are actually interested according to the tenour of the Covenant, at the same instant of time, in the blood of Christ, as to the Benefits which he hath procured for us thereby. Yea this very work of the Spirit it selfe, is a fruit, and part of the purchase of Christ: but we speak of our sense of this thing, whereunto the communication of the spirit is antecedent. And
3. To the Glory of the Father, we are accepted with him, justified, freed from guilt, pardoned, and have peace with God, Rom. 5. 1. Thus, through Christ we have Access by one spirit unto the Father, 2 Ephes. 2. 18. And thus are both Father and Son, and the Holy Spirit, Glorified in our justification, and acceptation with God: the Father in his Free Love, the Son in his Full purchase, and the Holy Spirit in his effectual working.
3. To the Glory of the Father, we are accepted with him, justified, freed from guilt, pardoned, and have peace with God, Rom. 5. 1. Thus, through Christ we have Accesse by one spirit unto the Father, 2 Ephes. 2. 18. And thus are both Father and Sonne, and the Holy Spirit, Glorified in our justification, and acceptation with God: the Father in his Free Love, the Sonne in his Full purchase, and the Holy Spirit in his effectuall working.